The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-25

a Child Probably Fatally Burned
While Playing With Toy Stove a
Augusta - The Woods Flooded 70
Miles Along the Altamaha-
Smith to Plant Many Acres in Null
berry Trees.
GEORGIA.
Judge Samuel Hall is better.
Rev. Is. F. Blow, of Columbus died Mon
day.
A great deal of building is now going OF
III Rome.
The Salvation Army is drawing big
crowds at Rome.
Talapoosa is being doomed after the Biz
mingham style.
w. o. Tiff, of Triton, realized about S15C
last fall on an acre of rutabaga turnips.
The Fulton County Commissioners have
fixed the tax levy the same as 1t was last
year-thirty mills on the dollar.
Undertaken Clay, of Macon, says that his
charges for the Voolfolk funeral were not
81 800, as published in many of the papers,
but only 1888
The lot recently purchased by the Presby-
terians of Griffin is being cleared off, and
the erection of their house of worship will
be begun at an early date.
The revival at McDonald's MILL in Ware
county, closed with most satisfactory re-
suits Some forty odd members, we under
stand, were added to the church.
At the rattle, Saturday night c. w Bald
win won MIR. Polhil's bicycle, worth 800,
for Joe Lucas Mr.. Baldwin made him
present of the chance, and he threw and
won it.
A large soap factory will be established
in East Rome shortly by party of Ohio
gentleman The lot has been purchased,
and the capital stock of the concern is
$4,000.
Tuesday Adjt Gen. Kell received the res
ignation of Lieut.. John A. Sihey, of the
Screven Troop. The resignation was ac-
cepted, and new election to fill the vacancy
Will be ordered soon.
One of the best signs of the times at Rome
is the formation of companies for the eStab-
lishment of small manufacturing enter
prises The latest is a broom factory to be
put up by G. G. Britton, of Virginia.
Col. Randolph Hines has sold his plauta-
ton in Chattahoochee county TO Col. w. L..
Tillman for Sl2,500; he has also sold his
residence in Columbus to w. c. Bullock. for
$4,000. Col. Hines has decided to go West
At Augusta, Tuesday, James T. McGran,
while drunk, grossly insulted William J.
Cooney and threatened him with bodily
harm. Cooney picked up weight threw
ing it.
p L. Bailey had some mules killed and
crippled last week at Jamaica by train
They got out of the lot, and Stro!led on to
the track until they reached culvert, when
they were overtaken, and five out of nine
were either crippled or killed.
There is such demand for store rooms in
Americas that many property owners have
put partitions in their store houses in order
to, in part, supply the demand. Every
store built recently has been leased long be-
fore the foundation was laid, and still the
cry is for more.
The Altamaha river country, in the
neighborhood of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway crossing, presents a
strange sight The pine woods for miles is
six inches TO six feet and over deep in red
water. As far as the eye can reach one sees
nothing but water and trees.
A colored girl about years of age was
horribly burned at Augusta Tuesday. She
was playing with toy stove, and after
lighting the wood poured on kerosene to
make the fire burn faster. This caused the
flames to flare up and spread, igniting the
child's clothes. Her death is expected.
The yield of grapes in Spalding county
this year has been above the average and
had it not been for the heavy rains Spalding
county would never have known such year
for grapes. The vines were just hanging
with them and would have given forth an
unprecedented crop had it not been for the
foods
The dwelling house ON the place of Hugh
Montgomery, near Livingston, caught fire
early Sunday morning and burned to the
ground. The household goods and several
hundred bushels of grain were consumed
and the family barely escaped from the
building with their lives. The house caught
from defective hue.
At Athens, about three years ago, DR.
w. S, Whaley purchased the Kittle lot on
Prince avenue, of MesSrs Orr & Hunter for
81, $50, these gentlemen having few months
before paid 81, 600 for the property. A few
days ago DR.. Whaley refused an offer of
So, 800 for the place. Athens real estate is
ON quiet but steady boom.
During the absence of Deputy Collector
CAN'T from Athens last Friday wagon
loaded with whisky stopped in the street
near the water works, and, it is said, sold
out two barrels by the quart and gallon be-
fore leaving. The whisky wagons however,
are getting very shy now, and only come
into town when they find the officers are out
of the city.
Col c. w. Hancock, editor of the Sumter
Republican, has leased the Schley County
Enterprise, published at Ellaville, for a
term of five years, and will henceforth lend
hls energies to the success of that sheet II
is also stated that the Colonel will shortly
remove his family TO Ellaville, Thomas
Graham remaining at Americas in charge
of the Republican.
The st. Simon's Mills property has
changed hands from Dodge. Meigs a. Co,
to ''The st. Simon's Lumber Company"
Norman Dodge is President of the company
and is the principal owner. There will prob
ably be no material changes in the manage
ment or the workings except that the vol
ume of business will be increased by put
ting the lower mill in operation as well as
the big mills.
AT Seney, last Saturday evening, Marshal
Tidwell was severely cut and shot in tine
hand by IA man named Bennett. Bennett
was drinking and the Marshal attempted 10
arrest him. Becoming enraged, Bennett
pulled out his knife and made two gashes in
the officers head, one four inches and the
other two and half inches. In the scuffie
the Marshal's pistol was fired, the ball going
through one of his hands
The day before Mr.. L. Fulbright died, at
Buchanan last week. he called his grand
children around him and gave them good,
sensible lectures He told them he was go
ing TO die, and that he wanted them TO con
duct themselves like men and women
through life Good counsel, he said, was all
that he could leave them, and wanted them
to heed 1t. He gave much good advice TO
the little fellows around him, which all
a al.